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The word 'mother'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
motherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus34.911654
ORK - Orkney 129.2 13 5
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 41.4 17 9
WCE - West Central 57.7 13 3
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 2
EDN - Edinburgh 55.8 9 3
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 28.9 22 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 60 6 4
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mother in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and mother o yir bairn on page 18

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And Mother wanted her Peoples' Friend - on page 83

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me mother didna hae an aesy life, no mi on page 35
mother on page 46

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ngs oot there in France' says Mother, haddan oot the letter. 'Here on page 37
Mother stirs hersael a bit an nods. on page 38
Mother is in despair and Jeemsie can on page 39

7 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
no seen him for while hiv you mother?' on page 85

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Green silk cushion on mother's bedroom chair, on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ed," da lass said, "I told my mother it was a bad idea, my just tu on page 23
in, Aunt Maggie?" he aksed, "Mother spoke so much about you, when on page 47
'My dearest Mother and Father,' it began, 'I am on page 77

6 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
has his brother-from-another-mother over for a peerie holiday, Mo(2019)
at random (this a gift fae my mother) and see where it opens. Some(2020)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Who sent a poem to his mother-in-law complaining that her l on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
through in the guest room. My mother recently passed away and we n on page 72

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bluebells an a reed hairt wi 'Mother' shewed inside it; an photies on page 79

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@73Bain My mother wis fae Buckie and I hiv cous(2019)
Erse and Foggiebummer. Their mother his nae idea fit they mean. F(2019)

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“Dauvit!” his mother cried. “Rin ben the lobby w
rd it caad onything else. His mother emerged frae the dowp o the c
elf. Is there any sign of his mother?”
3 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Your mother should know (...ken) on page 143

3 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
That wis knitted by his mother
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
or e guy". I'm sure it wiz my mother that said that fin her brithe(2020)

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ney unwittingly revert to his mother tongue only this moring." Col on page 1

6 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
She tuts. "Your mother and her daft ideas. She would on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
came fae the West, She wis a mother ti me. on page 56

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
o wis jist born that wey. His mother and faither own and run a pop on page 35
in until ma beautiful English mother tongue starts workin again. O on page 56

2 matches

Peffers, Bob The Pittin Doon o Guid Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
it one tiny little bit Grand Mother, but the man said I was a rem
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
), brither (brother), mither (mother), sin (sun/son), simmer (summ
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
and then he lookit up in his mother’s face, and says he, "But i
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Mother Goose's Advice
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
in until ma beautiful English mother tongue starts workin again. O
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
d show him. But ye thocht yer mother wuidnae be that plaised. Ye b
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
His mother, Sadie, was the toon’s “C
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t's cause when he wis wee his mother made him wear shoes that didn on page 11
wi Charlene. He said, Ask yir mother. So ah asked ma ma if ah coul on page 51
t folk whose mas went tae the Mother an Toddlers' at the same time on page 57
school, Naw, said ma da, Like mother like daughter, an the two ae on page 58
ys here, said ma ma, That her mother blames hersel cause she used on page 129
Also on pages 169
9 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
s cause when he wis wee his mother made him wear shoes that didn
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
the weans’s fault that the mother an faither are bliddy basket
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
r best fowk doon intil the ‘mother of all parliaments’ tae lea
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
the Thirty Years War followin Mother Courage’s wagon: often a ca
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
So hey there mother-fucker, cock-sucker on page 119

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the next chopper, all of you mother-fuckin Scotch bastards, whose on page 53

4 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
likely ‘oh christ and the mother of most nefariously inflated
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
is? Without telling me or her mother? Is that why we didn’t hear
different thing. Beatrice’s mother would have to pretend for the
“Ah yes, I’m sure her mother would like that. And anyway y
guid sign? “So, how is your mother?”
ou time off to attend to your mother when he particularly needs yo
6 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rline fanatics. Especially ma mother who alweys takes any opportun
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
g. I’m here on behalf of my mother. She owns the Labrador. The o
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
right tae disown me, like her mother. on page 11

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
right tae disown me, like her mother.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n. 'Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lang upo on page 22

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Your mother dying in self shame and fear on page 40

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
, and the greving of hir deir mother, as she callit me then. Bot e on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Ilk man and mother's son, take heed: on page 79

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
he humdrum and byordinar: 'My Mother was Ma Mither, My Father was on page 54

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
spoken by, and is indeed the mother language of, many Scots." Aw on page 121

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
That's whin ma mother spoke up. on page 44
doactor. Sidney survived. Ma mother wis prayin fur thim at the ti on page 47

3 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'Honore, ye cannot leave your mother all alone the
ake, and have her see to your mother!
2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth’11. This year, 2012,
22 Aprile as ‘international Mother Earth Day’: The UN wabsteid
‘Mother Earth is a common expression
For instance, Bolivians call Mother Earth Pachamama and Nicaragua
of 22 April as International Mother Earth Day is an acknowledgeme
5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
l translate, please, into the mother-tongue…”
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
Don’t you dare disturb your mother on a day like this tae ask he
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
I am still tryin tae get that Mother Mabel Carter way of picking d(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
owing up in a hoose where the MOTHER spends her life insisting onl (2022) twitter link
take them back home to their mother!" (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
"And then my mother says, "Ye cannae go, cause I (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ey're gonnae send ye back tae mother in a cardboard box. Ye better(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
and still get a txt frae the mother telling is to bloody behave m(2018)
When yir mother says “am away ti toss yir fi(2019)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ere with ma best mate and his mother... we huv walked alang this h(2020)
livin in Lisburn!! But their mother is originally fae Omagh... ht(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Fir we hae misused Mother Natur's gifts, on page 37

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
an Mother, an I niver seen him but he w on page 44

1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
gettin' wor' owre tim' laike mother neuron disease, at coont as h on page 8

1 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Oul Mother Hubbard on page 24

2 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
mornin, by that wee farmer's mother
1 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
As my late mother used to say to me in inclemen(2020)
ideheid Dying embers which my mother would have called “shunners(2019)

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